Dr. Robert McMaster
604.875.5641     

ASSISTANT TO DR. McMASTER

Lillian Manusha
604.875.5641

MANAGER, ADMINISTRATION
Karen Donaldson
604.875.5470     
• Manage VCHRI administration
• Manage space allocation needs, facilities maintenance and renovation requirements
• Manage occupational health and safety (OH&S) for the Institute

ASSISTANT TO MANAGER, ADMINISTRATION & VCHRI WEBMASTER
Norma Cooper
604.875.4111 x 61910     
• Assistant to Manager of Administration
• VCHRI Website
• OH&S for the Institute
• Building maintenance

MANAGER, FINANCE
Erika Yep
604.875.4111 x 66210     
• Manage day-to-day financial operations
• Responsible for the management of VCHRI's financial committments
• Assists Executive Director, VCHRI with the development and implementation of the annual budget of the Institute
• Supervise finance clerk

FINANCE CLERK
Rosie Liu
604.875.4111 x 68728     
• Process all AP, AR documentation
• Reconciles monthly ledgers

HR, POLICY & PLANNING

MANAGER, HR, POLICY & PLANNING
Patricia Tait
604.875.4111 x 66782     
• Manages the human resources portfolio for VCHRI administration
• Oversees and facilitates strategic planning, capacity-building and policy development related to research across VCH
• Responsible for the collection/analysis of annual VCHRI metrics data
• Manages the the Internal Grants & Awards Program

EDUCATION

COORDINATOR, RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAM
Kerri Abramson
604.875.4111 x 67793     
• Coordinate research education program for VCH
• Develop education programming for research staff and trainees
• Collaborate with other research education programs in Vancouver (UBC, Providence Health Care Research Institute, Child and Family Research Institute)

COMMUNICATIONS

REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS LEADER
Lisa Carver
604.875.4111 x61777     cell: 604.319.7533     

CLINICAL TRIALS

MANAGER, CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT (CRU)
Connie Feschuk
604.875.5886     
• Oversee clinical and business management of the Unit
• Manage clinical trials ensuring good clinical practice
• Assist investigators with clinical trial planning
• Provide quotes to investigators for CRU services
• Manage space allocation to research coordinators for study visits

REGIONAL MANAGER, CLINICAL TRIALS ADMINISTRATION
Stephania Manusha
604.875.5649     

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Wylo Kayle
604.875.5125     
• Receive & process all "Request for Approval to Conduct Research at VCHA" applications for Vancouver Acute, Corporate & Multi-site
• Receive & process all payments for industry sponsored clinical trials
• Process & issue clinical trial and research study yearly renewals
• Assist Regional Manager with Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial agreement administrative process

GRANTS DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR
Tamara English
604.875.4111 x 62023     

UBC OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES AT VCHRI

RESEARCH MANAGER
Sameera Wazir
604.875.4111 x 68455     
• Provide institutional signatures to research grant applications on behalf of UBC and VCHRI.
• Facilitate the processing of collaborative research agreements, contracts and grants.
• Financial administration of research grants, contracts, and agreements.

ASSISTANT MANAGER, RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
Susan O'Neil
604.875.5272     
• Processes UBC & VCH Research Grant applications requiring the following signatures:
  • Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Medicine
  • Director, Office of Research Services
  • VP Research, VCH
• Deposits cheques to UBC Research Accounts
• Processes UBC Inter-University Transfer Agreements (incoming & outgoing)
• Establishes UBC Research Accounts (Non-industry) for faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students
• Handles queries related to the financial administration of UBC research accounts
• Provides information regarding granting agency application procedures & policies
• Registers Clinical Trials on www.clinicaltrials.gov

MedIT SERVICES

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